Development analysis of manned/unmanned coordinated anti-submarine system and kill chain of the US military
The US military is innovating underwater network-centric warfare,21st century anti-submarine warfare,multi-domain warfare,Mosaic warfare and other maritime combat concepts,combined with the wave of"distributed,intelli-gent,unmanned",exploring new anti-submarine warfare modes with tentacles reaching forward and nodes positioned behind.Using a large number of low-cost distributed unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV),unmanned surface vessels(USV)and un-manned underwater vehicles(UUV)to carry multi-mode sensors,a three-dimensional collaborative submarine exploration network is constructed.It will promote an anti-submarine warfare system in which unmanned anti-submarine combat plat-forms,such as large and medium-sized unmanned ships,anti-submarine drones,and ultra-large unmanned underwater vehicles,coordinate operations with manned combat platforms,such as surface ships,anti-submarine patrol aircraft,and at-tack submarines.This paper first analyzes the development status of the US military's anti-submarine equipment system from four aspects:underwater listening system,aviation anti-submarine,maritime anti-submarine and underwater anti-submarine,and then analyzes the development trend of the anti-submarine kill chain from three aspects:autonomous,cooperative and cluster.It is suggested that network,intelligent and unmanned elements should be introduced into the research of anti-sub-marine warfare system,and technical verification,system running-in and actual combat exercises should be carried out as soon as possible to provide traction for closing the gap in the field of anti-submarine warfare.